The more you believe me, the more true I am. Chapter 059

“I’m so hungry!”

“I’m hungry too. Why am I so thirsty?”

“Eat something, quickly find something to eat!”

“No, it’s people. We want to eat people! People are the most delicious!”

“Yes, yes, yes, I want to eat human flesh and drink human blood!”

…

They chattered among themselves, speaking over each other.

Finally, they all looked towards the tall gate by the roadside.

“Such a large family, there must be at least one or two hundred people inside for us to eat!”

“Hehehe, good, good, good!”

“We’re in for a treat tonight!”

But after only a few steps, before they even touched the threshold of the mansion gate, all the yin creatures suddenly froze in place—they saw a gilded plaque with the characters 《》 (House of High-Ranking Officials) hanging on the vermilion lacquered gate.

Every character seemed to be tempered with sunlight, and dragon qi flowed out from the edges of the plaque like water, making the souls of the yin creatures tremble in fear.

“This family belongs to officials, and they are not to be trifled with. Let’s find another one!”

Just as they were about to turn their heads and rush towards another house behind them, their expressions suddenly changed again as they looked back.

Their already pale and unsightly faces became even more ugly and terrifying.

Because squatting in front of this house were two stone lions with ‘auspicious cloud patterns’ carved on their heads, although they were not imperial with flame patterns and dragon claws.

Yet, they were still majestic and incredibly fierce.

Especially those two pairs of lifelike lion eyes, which seemed to be staring directly at them, as if they would jump down from the stone pedestals at any moment and bite them all to death.

“This house has the protection of guardian stone statues, it’s also not to be trifled with. Let’s go!”

The yin creatures looked unsightly, their hearts trembling, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and squeezed into the middle of the road, rolling backward.

They were just a group of insignificant yin creatures, and facing these exorcism and house-guarding objects specifically aimed at evil spirits like them, they naturally dared not provoke any of them.

“What about this one? It doesn’t seem to be an official’s house, nor does it have guardian stone statues.”

The yin creatures, having walked dozens of feet, saw a new house that seemed feasible, and their hunger and thirst grew even more intense, so they flocked towards it.

But as soon as they reached the steps, they were startled and stopped dead in their tracks by the two faded yet still piercingly bright door god paintings on the mansion gate.

“It’s, it’s a house protected by the Door God Masters, we can’t provoke it, we can’t provoke it!”

In front of the door god paintings, the yin creatures all dodged and huddled together.

Fearing to meet the eyes of the Door God Masters.

The yin creatures dared not look at another house and quickly fled to the next one.

But the subsequent experiences were still difficult.

For example, they finally found a house that had neither door god paintings, nor national fortune protection, nor guardian stone statues.

But as soon as they approached the door, they suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.

Upon closer inspection, they felt as if there was a clear qi circulating within the mansion gate, and upon listening carefully.

They could even vaguely hear something like ‘Confucius said’, and ‘the sage said’.

Several yin creatures cursed with increasingly ugly faces:

“This house has a scholar who has achieved some insight, so it’s still not to be trifled with. Let’s go!”

After continuing for dozens of feet, they didn’t find any new large mansions that seemed feasible.

But they saw a carriage.

“One person outside the carriage, and at least one more person inside the carriage. Let’s satisfy our cravings first!”

The yin creatures were about to rush over to kill, but after only a few steps, they suddenly saw merits qi emanating from the carriage.

After looking at it from a distance for a few glances, it stung their eyes so much that they almost went blind.

“Not good, it’s a benevolent person with merits. Run, we can’t afford to provoke them even more!”

In front of the carriage owner protected by merits, the yin creatures were so frightened that they scattered and fled.

When they regrouped, several companions lamented:

“I ran to the common people’s side, but it didn’t work. Either there were door gods posted at the entrance or the character ‘fu’ (fortune) was posted. The door gods scared my liver and guts, and the ‘fu’ character burned my hands red.”

“I encountered a night watchman, but the copper gong in his hand sounded like a rooster crowing, and with one clang, it vibrated and caused a throbbing pain that felt like my ears were exploding.”

“Heh, not just that, I also saw that night watchman. That guy even had talismans pasted on his body, and Five Emperors Coins hidden in his waist. Even the drumstick he used to strike the gong was made of peach wood. I really don’t know why he’s so afraid of death yet still works as a night watchman!”

They thought they were already miserable enough, but unexpectedly, another yin creature brought even more terrifying news:

“This isn’t the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that I just went to the city wall, and I found that the city wall, which we could cross when we came, suddenly became so high and so thick that we can’t get out at all!”

“What?! Then how did we get here?”

“Uh, it seems, it seems, it’s… why were we able to get in?”

The yin creatures were completely unaware that they had long been pawns in someone else’s game.

But unable to think clearly, they could only sigh at their predicament.

How could it be so difficult to eat someone and commit a sin?

As they were sighing to each other, they suddenly noticed a companion staring intently at the gate of the house in front of them.

“What’s wrong? Don’t look, it won’t work out anyway. Looking only makes you unnecessarily miserable.”

“No, this house, it seems feasible?!”

The numerous yin creatures all looked over.

Then, their eyes lit up without exception.

Although this house also had a plaque at the entrance, of the four gilded characters ” (filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, trustworthiness) on it, only the character ” (fraternity) still had some luster!

Upon closer inspection, there were no door gods, no stone statues.

The leading yin creature suppressed the joy in its heart, carefully stepped forward to test with its hand, and then listened intently.

It was immediately surprised to find that this house not only had no merits, nor the vast righteous qi of a scholar, but it even vaguely heard an old voice cursing filial impiety from a distance!

“Aiya, this is the one!”

Upon hearing that it was feasible, the numerous yin creatures were overjoyed.

They couldn’t find anything before, but now they just happened to stumble upon it!

“Good, good, good, such a ruined family, if we eat them, it probably counts as acting on behalf of Heaven!”

But when they reached the entrance, they still found that the last character ” was a bit dazzling. The two lanterns in front of the mansion gate also felt a bit hot on their bodies.

After discussing for a few moments.

They understood in their hearts and all quietly went to the back door.

Sure enough, not only were there no evil-suppressing or evil-warding objects here, but they even heard a man wailing inside:

“Five thousand taels! A full five thousand taels of silver!”

“Rebellious son, oh rebellious son, how could my Qian family produce such a rebellious son!”

These curses and wails made the eyes of the numerous yin creatures grow even brighter.

After directly passing through the tightly closed mansion gate, they followed the sound and found their way to the room of Old Master Qian, Qian Dafu.

He was sitting on a chair, leaning on a table, sighing and lamenting that the Qian family had produced a spendthrift rebellious son.

They wanted to approach, but because they had little cultivation, they instinctively feared the bright lamp in front of Qian Dafu.

With just one glance, they knew that this person was a stingy and untrustworthy miser, and most importantly, he had been cursed by his ancestors for being unfilial, which meant he had no protection, making him the best target.

However, the lamp beside him had its own masculine righteous qi.

The yin creatures certainly couldn’t give up this fat meat that was already in their mouths.

One nimble creature, whose eyes darted around, spoke up and asked:

“That rebellious son squandered five thousand taels of silver, that is indeed a lot!”

Seeing someone agree with him, Qian Dafu immediately slammed the table and said:

“Isn’t it? That’s a full five thousand taels of silver, enough copper coins to fill a carriage and more!”

But as soon as the words left his mouth, his throat suddenly tightened, and his neck stiffened as if gripped by an invisible hand, turning towards his back:

“Who is speaking?”

Under the dim candlelight, the shadows in the room were empty, and there wasn’t even a single shoe print on the floor. Qian Dafu suddenly felt layers of cold sweat breaking out on his back.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to wipe the sweat, that voice seeped out, close to his earlobe:

“Human? Why do you think a human is talking to you?”